24-455: Dechaineux can refer to: Emile Dechaineux a captain in the Australian Navy. HMAS Dechaineux (SSG 76) a submarine named after him. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dechaineux . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
48-457: A Japanese aircraft. Initially, the plane flew away from the ships, but it subsequently turned and dived into Australia . The plane struck the superstructure of the Australia above the bridge . Although the 200 kg (440 pound) bomb carried by the plane failed to explode, burning fuel and debris were spewed over a large area. Dechaineux was disembowelled by shrapnel and died a few hours later. He
72-549: The British Armed Forces , Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the British Merchant Navy have been eligible. The award was formerly also awarded to members of armed forces of other Commonwealth countries. The DSC is "awarded in recognition of an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy at sea." Since 1979, it can be awarded posthumously. The award was originally created in 1901 as
96-830: The Conspicuous Service Cross , for award to warrant and subordinate officers, including midshipmen , ineligible for the Distinguished Service Order . It was renamed the Distinguished Service Cross in October 1914, eligibility being extended to all naval officers (commissioned and warrant) below the rank of lieutenant commander . From March 1915, foreign officers of equivalent rank in allied navies could receive honorary awards; in August 1916, bars were introduced to reward further acts of gallantry meriting
120-619: The Medal for Gallantry . Only one person has ever been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross four times. Norman Eyre Morley served in the Royal Naval Reserve during World War I and World War II . He was awarded the DSC for the first time in 1919. He was awarded his second DSC in 1944. He was awarded the DSC a further two times in 1945. He gained an entry into the Guinness Book of Records as
144-641: The Royal Air Force serving with the Fleet could receive the DSC, and, from November 1942, so could those in the Army aboard defensively equipped merchant ships . Since the 1993 review of the honours system , as part of the drive to remove distinctions of rank in awards for bravery, the Distinguished Service Medal , formerly the third-level decoration for ratings, has been discontinued. The DSC now serves as
168-640: The Royal Australian Naval College , Jervis Bay at the age of 14, graduated three years later, and was promoted to midshipman in 1920. In the first half of the 20th century, the RAN worked very closely with the British Royal Navy (RN), frequently exchanging personnel. Dechaineux spent much of the 1920s training with the RN as a torpedo officer and naval air observer. In September 1932 Dechaineux achieved
192-561: The US Navy for service in Korea . The above table includes awards to the Dominions : In all, 199 DSCs have gone to those serving with Canadian forces, with 34 first bars and five second bars. It was replaced in 1993 by the Medal of Military Valour . 182 were awarded to Australians, in addition to 13 first bars and three second bars. Last awarded to an Australian in 1972, it was replaced in 1991 by
216-567: The Cross, with a silver rosette worn on the ribbon when worn alone, to denote the award of each bar. During World War I , officers of the Merchant and Fishing Fleets had been awarded the DSC, and their eligibility was legally clarified by an order in council in 1931. World War II saw a number of changes. In December 1939, eligibility was extended to Naval Officers of the rank of Commander and Lieutenant-Commander . In April 1940, equivalent ranks in
240-502: The D-Day landings. Dechaineux had proved his worth during his baptism of fire, not only by commanding the ship through battle, but also through the effective leadership of his men. He was destined for greater things. On 25 September 1940 he was given command of the brand new Hunt-class escort destroyer, HMS Eglington. After working up to satisfactory operational capability in Scapa Flow – where
264-637: The Navy Office in Melbourne. In June 1943, following the outbreak of war with Japan , he was given command of the tactical (destroyer) component of RAN- US Navy Task Force 74 . From his immediate command, HMAS Warramunga , Dechaineux commanded operations in waters around Australia and New Guinea , including support for amphibious landings, such as those in the Admiralty Islands . He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1943. On 9 March 1944, Dechaineux
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#1732916113022288-512: The commander of the destroyer HMS Vivacious , he made five trips to assist Operation Dynamo , the evacuation of Dunkirk. On 26 May the ship was allocated to Dynamo. At first, deployed from Dover, on 27 May the ship patrolled the beaches off Dunkirk, providing general anti-aircraft cover and protecting against fast E-boat attacks while scores of vessels crossed the mercifully semi-calm Channel in evacuation. The pleasure steamer Mona’s Isle , for example, now fitted out as an armed boarding vessel,
312-448: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dechaineux&oldid=932790330 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Emile Dechaineux Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux , DSC (3 October 1902 – 21 October 1944)
336-511: The post-nominal "DSC". The DSC is a plain silver cross with rounded ends, with a width of 43 millimetres (1.7 in) and with the following design: Since 1901 at least 6,658 Crosses and 603 bars have been awarded. The dates below reflect the relevant London Gazette entries: A number of honorary awards were made to members of allied foreign forces, including 151 for World War I, and 228 (with 12 first bars and 2 second bars) for World War II. Eight honorary awards were made in 1955 to members of
360-618: The rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1935 he was appointed Squadron Torpedo Officer, on board HMAS Canberra . The following year he married Mary Harbottle. In 1937, Dechaineux returned to the UK to attend the Royal Naval College and in June he was promoted to commander . At the outbreak of World War II , Dechaineux was attached to the RN Tactical and Minesweeping divisions until April 1940. Then, as
384-489: The second; one can only imagine the crowding of every interior space and her weather deck by so many men. Two days later another 537 men were safely landed in the British port. On 31 May the vessel came under fire from shore batteries off Bray and sustained 15 casualties. Dechaineux received a minor wound to his forehead and a piece of shrapnel tore the back of his trousers In a letter to his wife he remarked "I am very grateful that
408-473: The ship and her captain were assessed by RN experts – the last months of the year were spent on North Sea convoy escort duties, as was 1941, although on 4 October the ship carried out a brief search for a German destroyer reported minelaying off South Foreland. In 1941, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . Dechaineux returned to Australia later in 1941, as director of operations at
432-752: The ship was heading away from the gunfire, rather than towards it!” On 1 June another 427 men were brought back to Dover. On 3 June the destroyer was directed to take part in Operation OK, which sank blockships, to provide a temporary wharfage point, in Dunkirk Harbour. Vivacious safely brought the crews of these ships back across the Channel. Altogether the destroyer brought out a total of 1,649 passengers from Dunkirk during five voyages. The evacuation lasted nine days, and safely brought hundreds of thousands of men back to Britain. Four years later, many would return for
456-546: The third-level award for gallantry at sea for all ranks, not to the standard required to receive the Victoria Cross or the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross . The DSC had also been awarded by Commonwealth countries; however, by the 1990s, most of these—including Canada , Australia , and New Zealand —were establishing their own honours systems and no longer recommended British honours. Recipients are entitled to
480-404: Was amongst the many. But her machineguns were no match for the attacking aircraft and occasional ship of the enemy: she was bombed as she reached the open sea outside Britain, and 40 on board were killed. This was the new and dangerous world of Dechaineux in action for the first time. The next day the destroyer made two trips from Dunkirk to Dover, bringing out 326 men in the first trip and 359 in
504-567: Was an Australian mariner who reached the rank of captain in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II . He was killed by a Japanese aircraft in what is believed to have been the first ever kamikaze attack, in the lead-up to the Battle of Leyte Gulf . Dechaineux was born in Launceston, Tasmania , to a Belgian -born father, Florent Dechaineux , and an Australian mother. He entered
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#1732916113022528-672: Was buried at sea that night. Another 30 crew members died as a result of the attack; among the wounded was Commodore Collins. The US government posthumously appointed Dechaineux an Officer of the Legion of Merit . In 1990 the Australian government announced that a new Collins -class submarine would be named HMAS Dechaineux in his memory. It was launched in 1998 in the presence of Dechaineux's widow, Mary Purbrick, and his son, former RAN Commodore Peter Dechaineux. Captain Emile Dechaineux
552-434: Was decorated with the following honours: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) The Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) is a third-level military decoration awarded for gallantry during active operations against the enemy at sea to officers; and, since 1993, ratings and other ranks of
576-589: Was given command of the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia , the flagship of both the RAN and Task Force 74, under the overall force commander Commodore John Collins . The Australia supported Allied landings at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea and on the islands of Biak , Noemfoor and Morotai . On 21 October 1944, HMAS Australia was supporting the landings in Leyte Gulf . Off Leyte Island , gunners from HMAS Australia and HMAS Shropshire fired at and hit
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